A gilt metal seal

A gilt metal seal, the intaglio matrix carved with the arms of Anthony Stapley, attached to a handwritten label inscribed 'The Seal of Anthony Stapely which he affixed to the death warrant of Charles 1, January 1649. Thomas Borde of Lingfield in 1516 married Elizabeth Stapley an ancestor of this family. This seal was given to me in 1832 by Mr Thos. Wm Moreton who had it from Mrs Shore - whose husband Major Shore was descended from the Stapleys. Mrs S was my father's sister RB.', mounted in a later glazed frame, together with a mid 18th century engraving of King Charles 1's death warrant, featuring Anthony Stapley's seal, inscribed 'Sumptibus Societat Antiquariae Lond 1750', in a glazed reeded ebonised frame. (2)

Anthony Stapley (1590-1655) was M.P. for New Shoreham, Lewes and Sussex and was one of the regicides of King Charles 1.